This is the on-line space for the Mellon Sawyer Seminar Transpacific Thought and the Problem of Asia, which will run through AY2024-25. Jointly organized by Kandice Chuh (GC CUNY) and Thuy Tu (NYU), this cross-institutional collaboration is centrally organized by the questions, What can the study of the emergence, circulation, and impact of the heterogeneous contemporary meanings of Asia and Asianness help us understand about current modalities of racism and racial formation? And, how can such study help us understand and best address the national or local impact of racism by engaging the global context of U.S. race making? Through regular seminar meetings, workshops, and other activities, this seminar occasions sustained critical engagement with such matters. (Please see the “project description” page for more detailed discussion.)

The seminar supports three dissertation fellows and a postdoctoral fellow (visiting lecturer) at NYU (see https://apply.interfolio.com/140908).

Details regarding schedule and content will follow later in spring 2024. Please keep an eye on this site for more!